Masses of people awaiting a spectacle… scorching afternoon heat… sweaty equine bodies nervously yanking their harnesses There it is the starting signal! Dashing ahead with your chariot slowly at first but quickly gaining speed… circling the spina in the center of the arena to complete the first lap The next corner comes closer Glancing back one of the chariots is already far behind & just ahead another chariot&s speed is too high for the corner sending the vehicle crashing into the wall & out of the race Only a single chariot blocks your path to victory so it&s time to get uncivilized Steadily you balance the javelin in your hand waiting for the other charioteer to come into view…or should you just overtake him & throw caltrops in his path? In Chariot Race Das große Wagenrennen players participate as charioteers in a great race in ancient Rome Use the dice to complete two laps on the dusty arena&s circuit & be the first to steer your chariot over the finish line On a player&s turn if they have gained enough Favors of Fortuna they can repair their chariot Depending on the chariot&s speed on the previous turn & its current condition the initial speed is determined which defines how many of the five dice will be rolled during the turn Each face of the six-sided dice allows a different action Gain new Favors increase or decrease speed change lanes or attack opponents (either directly by hurling javelins or indirectly by dropping caltrops in their path) if the first roll is not satisfactory the player may call on Fortuna to influence the dice as long they have her favor Once the result is set the player moves their chariot forward according to the final speed they achieved & may then take actions against their rivals However breakneck racing & ramming are not without risk If two chariots collide they both take damage & cornering at a wild gallop is not recommended The further the safe speed is exceeded the more damage is caused to the vehicle – which might fall apart in the middle of the arena if the driver is too careless resulting in their elimination from the race Players 2-6 Playing time 15-45 minutes Ages 8 ...

Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play Winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture) this internationally acclaimed motion picture recounts the poignant true story of two British sprinters vying for gold in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) a driven athlete of Jewish ancestry runs to overcome prejudice & to achieve personal fame; his rival Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) a devout Scottish missionary competes for the glory of God An inspirational story of spirit & strength in the face of enormous odds the film combines the finest elements of athletic competition & human drama to create a compelling & timeless cinematic classic Actors Ben Cross Ian Charleson Nicholas Farrell Nigel Havers Ian Holm Directors Hugh Hudson Producers David Puttnam Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture this internationally acclaimed motion picture recounts the poignant true story of two British sprinters vying for gold in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) a driven athlete of Jewish ancestry runs to overcome prejudice & to achieve personal fame; his rival Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) a devout Scottish missionary competes for the glory of God An inspirational story of spirit & strength in the face of enormous odds the film combines the finest elements of athletic competition & human drama to create a compelling & timeless cinematic classic ...

Director Hugh Hudson&s absorbing drama based on a true story deals with the personal struggles faced by two very different long-distance runners competing for Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) is a devout Christian who sees victory as a testament to the glory of God while the other Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) is a Jewish Cambridge student who sees victory as a challenge to anti-Semitism & his ongoing struggle for acceptance by Britain&s elite Eric a hometown Scottish hero to the people gives rousing sermons after victory & works at a local missionary Harold runs with a zealous commitment upsetting Cambridge&s educational upper crust (played with enjoyable wit & candor by Sir John Gielgud & Lindsay Anderson) while enjoying social life with his university chums & his beautiful showgirl girlfriend (Alice Krige) But when faced with such a competent challenger Harold hires trainer Sam Mussabini (Ian Holm) to further his dreams of winning the gold Ultimately the two runners meet in Paris to run for British victory in a rousing finale Featuring an unforgettable soundtrack by Vangelis this Academy Award-winning film is an inspirational story of athletic excellence & spiritual awakening that captures the zeal of post-WWI Britain & the glory of the Olympics ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The come-from-behind winner of the 1981 Oscar for Best Picture Chariots of Fire either strikes you as either a cold exercise in mechanical manipulation or as a tale of true determination & inspiration The heroes are an unlikely pair of young athletes who ran for Great Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympics devout Protestant Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) a divinity student whose running makes him feel closer to God & Jewish Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) a highly competitive Cambridge student who has to surmount the institutional hurdles of class prejudice & anti-Semitism There&s delicious support from Ian Holm (as Abrahams&s coach) & John Gielgud & Lindsay Anderson as a couple of Cambridge fogies Vangelis&s soaring synthesised score which seemed to be everywhere in the early 1980s also won an Oscar Chariots of Fire was the debut film of British television commercial director Hugh Hudson (Greystoke) & was produced by David Puttnam --Jim Emerson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title ...

Everything you thought you know about magic willvanish Journey into a world where the lines between magic & reality are blurredand where one man will soon find himself as the last remaining hope for all mankind In Las Vegas luck is everything For Sin City&s leading &entertainer& Hank the Magnificent his luck as Vegas& most illustrious & famous magician is about to run out! When the powers of an ancient magic once imprisoned in another realm spring forth into our reality searching for revenge at all costs Hank soon finds himself at the center of an undying war between the forces of truth & a devastating plague of growing evil--and his hopes for survival are slim at best! ...

Charity Stratton's bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire Separated by the authorities from her younger brothers & sister Charity is sent out to work as a skivvy in a boys' boarding school Her loneliness & misery are eased when she falls deeply in love with the dashing but fickle sixth-former Hugh Mainwaring but when she discovers she is pregnant with Hugh's baby she soon realises just how alone she really is Determined to be reunited with her siblings & to make something of herself Charity runs away to London & begins to forge a new life ...

When Fate & a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused to oblige their parents by marrying they have always been the best of friends But as Desford pursues Cherry's lickpenny grandfather & reprobate father around unfashionable watering places & the seedier fringes of society Hetta is forced to wonder whether he might not at last have fallen in love Without the timely intervention of his scapegrace brother Simon & Hetta's worthy suitor Gary Nethercott Desford is in danger of making a rare mess of his affairs Charity Girl is a wonderful romantic novel by the queen of the Regency romance & one of the most popular historical novelists of all time ...

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Enter a vampire world as Dahlia a vampire with a fantastic sense of fashion & a razor-sharp wit! Go on an epic hunt to find the legendary sun potion in Dying for Daylight As vampires have been productive & ultimately accepted into society their ancient vulnerability remains true – they can only emerge at night When rumors circulate that a legendary potion exists allowing vampires to walk amid the daylight Dahlia jumps at the chance to further investigate in this fun Hidden Object game ...